Bridport Town Hall

At the junction where East Street meets South Street had been the ruins of St Andrew’s Chapel, built in 1260 for Carmelite Friars.

Part of the chapel had been converted into a dwelling house, part being the sessions house over which was a free school, a further part was a cell for criminals and part was in ruins. It had a low tower, with the remains of the Chancel serving as a clock house.

Although the passage between Bridport Town Hall and the Greyhound Inn had been known as ‘Bucky Doo’ for a number of centuries, the area previously occupied by the corn and produce market building was only referred to as ‘Bucky Doo Square’ from about 1995.